Short: PageStream 3.0a to 3.0b Patch file Author: Soft-Logik Publishing Corp. Uploader: Matt_H amiga org Type: text/dtp Architecture: m68k-amigaos WELCOME TO THE PAGESTREAM 3.0b FREE UPDATE! ------------------------------------------- There are 4 archive files for this update. The most you will need is three of them. Only one is required for the actual update, and there are separate versions of it depending on whether you are updating from 3.0 or 3.0a. The other two are optional depending on what you want to update. PS3B01.LHA - you need this file to upgrade from 3.0 PS3BA1.LHA - you need this file to upgrade from 3.0a PS3B2.LHA - includes additional DMF fonts (see below) PS3B3.LHA - includes updated help files and macro definitions All archives contain installation scripts to install their files. You MUST have PageStream 3.0 or 3.0a, as applicable, properly installed on your hard drive to use these installers, and you MUST have disk 1 of your original PageStream3 disk set available. NOTE: The installer in this archive will overwrite your current PageStream3.Macros file. If you have macros in it you wish to keep, make a backup copy of your file before using this installer. After installation, run PageStream3 and append your old Macros file to the new one. Remove redundant entries as required. DMF fonts: the 3.0 and 3.0a releases of PageStream included DMF font files for the standard 35 set, less Times and Helvetica (Triumvirate) which are included in Compugraphic format. Only one DMF file was included for each font family. The PS3B2.LHA archive contains the remaining DMF files so that you can print these fonts to all types of printers. So if you want to print bold or italic versions of these fonts, you need the DMF font files in the PS3B2.LHA archive. As always, this update is available for purchase from Soft-Logik sales for our normal $10 disk fee. Please enclose $5 shipping and handling for the US and Canada, and $15 for other countries. Write, fax or phone the address and phone numbers on the back of your PageStream3 manual to order. THE CONTENTS OF THIS ARCHIVE ARE COPYRIGHT 1994 SOFT-LOGIK PUBLISHING CORPORATION. (EXCEPT FOR SPATCH WHICH IS COPYRIGHT 1992 SAS INSTITUTE AND LHEX WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY COMMODORE.) THIS ARCHIVE CAN BE DISTRIBUTED AS LONG AS IT IS LEFT INTACT WITHOUT ANY CHANGES! NO CHARGE ASIDE FROM A REASONABLE COPYING AND DISK FEE CAN BE CHARGED FOR IT. 1994 SOFT-LOGIK PUBLISHING CORP. PAGESTREAM 3.0b UPDATE INFORMATION There are 4 archive files for this update. The most you will need is three of them. Only one is required for the actual update, and there are separate versions of it depending on whether you are updating from 3.0 or 3.0a. The other two are optional depending on what you want to update. PS3B01.LHA -> you need this file to upgrade from 3.0 PS3BA1.LHA -> you need this file to upgrade from 3.0a PS3B2.LHA -> includes additional DMF fonts (see below) PS3B3.LHA -> includes updated help files and macro definitions All archives contain installation scripts to install their files. You MUST have PageStream 3.0 or 3.0a, as applicable, properly installed on your hard drive to use these installers, and you MUST have disk 1 of your original PageStream3 disk set available. CHANGES FROM 3.0a TO 3.0b TEXT: - Text entry and formatting is 50% faster in this version. Yes, it is still way too slow, but it's getting there. - Paragraph Format: Left/First/Right Indent are now implemented. - Ctrl C and D special character shortcuts are now implemented. - Insert Character works again. - Default tab spacing has been implemented. - Cut/Copy/Paste in frameless text objects works now. - Keyboard shortcuts for moving the insertion point in frameless text objects have been implemented. - Edit palette arrow gadgets for text size, width, tracking and leading can now be used with a Shift key for greater precision. - Fixed the Convert Case commands. - Pasting a text wrapped object now updates text frames overlapping it. - Note: some Text Wrap methods which worked in 3.0a have been disabled for this release. They will return next time. - Fixed the displaying of PS or DMF fonts at low magnifications or very small sizes on screen which would offset them from their baseline. - Fixed Times Bold/Italic reversal on PostScript printers. - Fixed ASCII, FTXT, Excellence and Final Writer filters for problems caused by converting more than 11 dashes. - Double spacing between sentences no longer permits the 2nd space to fall at the beginning of a line. - Fixed all known problems for printing Compugraphic fonts to PostScript. - Linked frames on the same page should now update properly. - Fixed leading problem when the previous line had a larger point size. - Fixed problems with leading options in the Edit palette. PRINTING: - Fixed color HP.printer DeskJet problems. - Fixed HP.printer PaintJet problems. - New Fargo.printer driver for the Primera wax thermal and dye sublimation printer. (This will not work with the Primera Pro.) - Improved Epson.printer color printing to decrease saturation. - Corrected A4 paper size in HP.printer and Epson.printer. - Print requester options will now remain set from one print job to the next during the current session. - Improved ordered dithering for HP, Epson and IFF ILBM printer drivers. - PostScript: error handler is now off as the default. If you have saved your settings, you can speed up printing by turning off the error handler in Printing Preferences and then saving your settings again. - Fixed color PostScript printing of certain pictures. - Fixed display and printing of the bold and italic variations of the standard 35 fonts, by adding DMF files for these fonts. (This requires the PS3B2.LHA archive.) - Fixed some problems printing drawings to PostScript. - Fixed printing multiple frames on one page to PostScript. - Fixed some non-standard character PostScript printing for resident fonts and for downloaded Adobe Standard Encoded fonts. The characters include typographic quotation marks, British Pound sign, bullet, ellipsis, ligatures, en and em dashes, daggers, etc. The remaining characters and other font types will be completed in 3.0c. - Fixed HP.printer printing when the paper size was greater than 8.5x11". PAGESTREAM2 DOCUMENT LOADING: - If you converted 2.2 documents to 3.0 with previous versions of 3.0, each article will really be one paragraph. (New Line codes were inserted instead of New Paragraphs. Refer to page 168 for info on new lines vs new paragraphs.) This is somewhat important, because paragraph spacing cannot be used if the entire article is one paragraph, and things like automatic drop caps and bullets will only appear at the start of the article. You can fix this by positioning the insertion point at the start of each 'paragraph' (new line), then pressing Backspace and then Return. Alternatively, if you haven't already made a change to the document in 3.0, simply reload the 2.2 document into 3.0b to convert it properly. - Text was being loaded with Track table set to Normal, which could change line breaks. It now loads with Track table set to None. - Fixed the problem with PageStream2 text frames having multiple columns on loading. MACROS & AREXX: - added the sendtopageliner script. MISC: - Loading a 3.0 document now preserves double-sided master page. - PageStream 2.2 documents now load unnamed. - Changed AmigaDOS 2.x color allocation to be more stingy with colors. - Text frame backgrounds now default to transparent instead of opaque. If you have saved your Toolbox Preferences, you can change this and then save your settings again. - Settings/Screen: if the Display DPI text gadgets are blank, PageStream will use the default resolution for most standard screen modes now. This is convenient if you often switch between screens of different standard resolutions. If you enter values, it won't switch automatically. - Problems with moving drawings containing groups and lines are resolved. - Several of the filters have been reduced in size to save memory. - Fixed problems with master pages renaming to default. - Added a busy pointer when showing font samples. - Added the ability to change PageStream3's interface colors. Refer to the Screen option in the Interface topic group in the main PageStream3 Help screen for more information. You must download the PS3B3.LHA archive to get the new version of the help files. - The Visual Reference gadgets in the Help system did not work under AmigaDOS 2.x. The new help files in the PS3B3.LHA archive fix this problem. Depending on when you received PageStream3 and whether you had AmigaGuide on your system already, the WDisplay utility may not have been installed in your Sys:Utilities directory. If it is not there and you have AmigaDOS2, you should decompress it from the Guide.LHA archive on your original disk 2. BME - New Emboss and Sharpen effects have been added! Refer to the help system for information. (The new help files are included in the PS3B3.LHA archive.) NOTES: - You cannot rotate/slant/twist Compugraphic fonts beyond 50 degrees in either direction at this time. (This includes rotating Compugraphic fonts in frameless text objects.) Other font formats can be rotated without restriction. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 9857 9857 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:16:16 3.0bUpdate/ArtExpression.LHA 20405 20405 0.0% 13-Oct-94 01:55:22 3.0bUpdate/Effects.LHA 84037 84037 0.0% 13-Oct-94 01:55:58 3.0bUpdate/Engines.LHA 13967 13967 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:00:08 3.0bUpdate/Epson.LHA 7807 7807 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:17:12 3.0bUpdate/Excellence.LHA 14162 14162 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:00:26 3.0bUpdate/Fargo.LHA 63414 63414 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:26:26 3.0bUpdate/Filters.LHA 9480 9480 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:20:44 3.0bUpdate/Freehand.LHA 8988 8988 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:17:32 3.0bUpdate/FWriter.LHA 14031 14031 0.0% 13-Oct-94 01:59:34 3.0bUpdate/HP.LHA 11437 11437 0.0% 13-Oct-94 01:59:56 3.0bUpdate/IFFILBM.LHA 19365 19365 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:27:34 3.0bUpdate/Illustrator.LHA 8570 8570 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:42:44 3.0bUpdate/LibsPatch.LHA 39282 39282 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:28:12 3.0bUpdate/PageStream2.LHA 171325 171325 0.0% 13-Oct-94 03:26:44 3.0bUpdate/PGSpatch.LHA 14815 14815 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:05:56 3.0bUpdate/PLpatch.LHA 36516 36516 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:01:38 3.0bUpdate/PostScript.LHA 18993 18993 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:28:44 3.0bUpdate/PPage.LHA 11322 11322 0.0% 13-Oct-94 01:59:44 3.0bUpdate/Preference.LHA 7405 7405 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:29:04 3.0bUpdate/ProDraw.LHA 8905 8905 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:29:40 3.0bUpdate/ProWrite.LHA 5183 5183 0.0% 13-Oct-94 03:32:48 3.0bUpdate/Read.LHA 14636 9285 36.5% 20-Sep-94 17:20:02 3.0bUpdate/spatch 7406 7406 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:30:14 3.0bUpdate/Word.LHA 12086 12086 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:30:44 3.0bUpdate/WordPerfect.LHA 11535 11535 0.0% 13-Oct-94 02:31:52 3.0bUpdate/Wordworth.LHA 522 266 49.0% 13-Oct-94 03:04:52 Read.1st!.info 15688 15688 0.0% 13-Oct-94 03:34:24 3.0bupdate/Tips.LHA 24378 24378 0.0% 13-Oct-94 03:39:34 3.0bupdate/Macros.LHA 628 269 57.1% 13-Oct-94 03:51:16 3.0bUpdate.info 735 375 48.9% 13-Oct-94 03:51:16 3.0bUpdate/Install-PageStream3.0b.info 9502 2169 77.1% 13-Oct-94 03:52:44 3.0bUpdate/Install-PageStream3.0b 2313 1175 49.2% 13-Oct-94 04:07:02 Read.1st! -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 698695 683898 2.1% 14-Oct-94 15:00:38 33 files